We will see, Im not one to make predictions, I judge things as they happen,not before they happen, especially not without tangable proof. I dont work off of theories very much, most of the time its just personal feelings on a matter...not too different from what I said.
The Stay tuned was for the fanfestival leading up to 5.0; the release of Shadowbringers when they showed off Viera. Somebody tried to ask about males.
Thats our fault for making that assumption, they never gave a date, so for any of us to think 'oh next major patch, or OH it should happen at this time' thats us as a playerbase saying it, not the devs. So while communication is nice, if they never report on it, they have nothing to say yet. Silent is better then a lie. And with how much they have been asked and harassed about headgear, I doubt that its something they are trying to ignore, because if its still being talked about after 2 years, then its something they 'should' fix. Missing Genders...idk. Id like Female Hrothgar, but it it WOULD be better to do something about the present issues first. Unless they can squash all issues at once.
"finding any little thing to complain about"
Im talking about them maybe addressing the issue and putting in a temp fix. People will still complain.
They hastily try to fix the issue and its half-cocked, but hey, they went through with the clipping they said they dont like...people complain
stuff like that.
No, a waste of time is if they made these races and then just delete them later as some people have posted.
Despite the issues there is still a healthy amount of people that still LOVE that Viera are in the game, and some people who are simply happy to finally have a playable Beast Race.
They have Plenty of room to improve (and NEED improvements) but alot of people enjoy them so far, and have been creative enough to work around glamour limitations.
They are not a waste of time.